December 11, 1961 – Motown achieved its first #1 with “Please Mr. Postman” by the Marvelettes. #OTD #ROCkabillyHop #RocHop #Motown #PleaseMrPostman #Marvelettes
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Day: December 11, 2022
December 11, 1961 – Elvis Presley
December 11, 1961 – Elvis Presley started a 20-week run at #1 on the US album chart with “Blue Hawaii,” his seventh #1 album in the US. It is the soundtrack to the film of the same name starring Presley. In the United States, the album spent 20 weeks in the #1 slot and 39 weeks in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Pop LPs chart. #ROCkabillyHop #Elvis #TCB @ElvisPresley #BlueHawaii #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll
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December 11, 1926 – Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton
December 11, 1926 – R&B singer Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton was born in Ariton, Alabama. She was the first to record Leiber and Stoller’s “Hound Dog,” which was later famously recorded by Elvis Presley. #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #BigMama #OTD #RockNRoll #HoundDog
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